Peripheral neuropathy affects tens of millions of people worldwide, yet a significant portion of patients leave conventional neurology appointments without a treatable diagnosis. The standard workup often stops at structural confirmation of nerve damage without investigating the metabolic and immunological terrain that sustains it. For clinicians practicing in functional medicine, chiropractic neurology, or integrative clinical care, this represents both a gap in the system and an opportunity to intervene where others have not. This course, Using Clinical Neurochemistry to Treat Peripheral Neuropathies, addresses that gap directly, equipping practitioners with a systematic clinical framework built on the intersection of neurochemistry, functional medicine, and receptor-based rehabilitation.

At the center of this training is the four neurochemical priorities framework, a clinical decision-making model that structures the workup of every neuropathy patient around the most metabolically meaningful variables: gastrointestinal and liver function, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity and glucose handling, red blood cell health and mitochondrial function, and clinically significant autoimmunity. Rather than chasing a list of hundreds of possible neuropathy causes, this framework gives clinicians a rational order of operations. Practitioners learn which lab tests change clinical decisions, how to identify immune mediated neuropathy in patients labeled idiopathic, how cross-reactive antibodies from food proteins and infections drive peripheral nerve damage, and how to apply targeted nutritional and anti-inflammatory interventions for hyperglycemic, autoimmune, and nutrient-deficiency neuropathies. The course includes four real patient cases demonstrating how these principles resolve in practice, including cases of restored vibration sense, halted disease progression, and patients returning to full daily function after years of unresolved symptoms.

This course is designed for licensed healthcare clinicians who are already working with complex neurological presentations and want to expand their clinical capabilities. It is particularly valuable for chiropractors, chiropractic neurologists, functional medicine practitioners, and integrative providers who encounter peripheral neuropathy in practice and want a reproducible system for identifying root causes and sequencing interventions effectively. Clinicians pursuing Carrick Institute postgraduate training in functional neurology or functional medicine will find this course integrates directly into those clinical frameworks.